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Camp Culture – Creating an Ideal Learning Environment – PART II

In our previous post, we shared research and case studies that strongly suggests the merits of promoting “camp culture” as a way of...

Camp Culture – Creating an Ideal Learning Environment – PART I

How can modeling our classrooms after campgrounds lead to the ideal learning environment?

The Body & Soul of a Nation PART II: Can National Parks Help Save Our Country?

How can parks help facilitate critical conversations about race and identity?

Park-Based Problems - Finding Challenging Problems for Inquiry within America's Best Idea

How can parks help provide real-world challenges to our students.

Teach Like A Ranger Part III: Connecting Science Standards to Parks and Public Lands

Can All Science Standards Benefit From Incorporating NPS Resources?

Using Games to Teach Environmental Science

Why are games a valuable addition to an Environmental Science lesson?

A Guide to Virtual Field Trips – HOW to Help Your Students Make use of Virtual Tours.

Recently I stumbled across a tweet that resonated with me and will probably resonate with many other educators who are struggling to make...

Park Based Learning - 11 Ways To Leverage Parks In Your Classroom

When developing lessons, we all know to make sure to be clear about the "what" and the "why," but how often do we try to connect our...

Design Thinking 2.0 - Three Ways To Take Your Next Design PBL To The Next Level

The similarities between PBL and Design Thinking are numerous. Both are pedagogical models rooted in real-world practice. Both heavily...

Teach-Do-Assess: Meeting Standards in a PBL Classroom

During a recent workshop in Honolulu, I had a teacher ask me, "what is the best way to figure out how long a PBL project is going to...